Portis staying?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Quick correction that cutting Portis wouldn't save money, it would waste it.

Honestly though, the money that we have guaranteed to Portis for 2010 should be considered a sunk cost, and should not be considered in the decision to keep him or cut bait with him. That is to say: "because we owe him 6 million" is not a good reason for keeping him over getting rid of him. But likewise, cutting him doesn't get you that large amount of money back. It still has to be paid.

I'm referring strictly to the cap hit he will cost us for the next two years. Snyder has deep pockets so that money won't matter on an uncapped year.

If we write it off as a sunk cost today in the books, we basically have to make the decision between having Portis on the roster "for free", and having him off the team at the exact same price. If he's one of the best 53 players (or four RBs), we should keep him, otherwise, we should get rid of him and cut him a check.

I agree.